Question:hello,my fiance and i are looking into reception sites and noticed that mike and allyson celebrated at the fc/loveland airport. my finace is a pilot and i thought your venue would be a wonderful place to look into. any details you can provide us?

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! I think it is great that you want to incorporate aviation into your wedding. Having our reception at the airport was our unique spin on a typical reception. While I wouldn't have changed our location for anything in the world it was also probably the most complicated way to have a reception.

There is no venue at the Fort Collins/Loveland airport-there isn't even a restaurant like at Centennial or Metro.

We started by asking people who my husband knew personally if we could use their private corporate hangar for our reception. We offered a rental fee and promised to leave it in the same condition we found it. We were turned down by everyone. Too much of a liability with alcohol, parking, etc. We eventually convinced someone, after taking out a temporary insurance policy, providing a hefty rental fee, renting our own bathrooms, not to mention all of the tables, chairs, napkins etc. We were weeks away from our wedding and one more "no" away from having no reception site. Scary!

If this is really where you want to have your reception use every resource you have to make it happen. You will essentially have to build it from the ground up and it will probably cost more than having it at a hotel or other wedding venue. If you are looking for a neat location and little effort, unfortunately, this is not the place.

I wish you the best of luck in your wedding planning! What an exciting time in your life! Good luck!

Allyson

P.S. If you are having a smaller wedding look into the Champion Room at the Budweiser Event Center. The room has a breathtaking view of the front range, as well as the airport and the staff are so helpful and friendly. We tried to have our rehearsal dinner there but there was a scheduling conflict with the hockey team.

Question:hello,my fiance and i are looking into reception sites and noticed that mike and allyson celebrated at the fc/loveland airport. my finace is a pilot and i thought your venue would be a wonderful place to look into. any details you can provide us?

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! I think it is great that you want to incorporate aviation into your wedding. Having our reception at the airport was our unique spin on a typical reception. While I wouldn't have changed our location for anything in the world it was also probably the most complicated way to have a reception.

There is no venue at the Fort Collins/Loveland airport-there isn't even a restaurant like at Centennial or Metro.

We started by asking people who my husband knew personally if we could use their private corporate hangar for our reception. We offered a rental fee and promised to leave it in the same condition we found it. We were turned down by everyone. Too much of a liability with alcohol, parking, etc. We eventually convinced someone, after taking out a temporary insurance policy, providing a hefty rental fee, renting our own bathrooms, not to mention all of the tables, chairs, napkins etc. We were weeks away from our wedding and one more "no" away from having no reception site. Scary!

If this is really where you want to have your reception use every resource you have to make it happen. You will essentially have to build it from the ground up and it will probably cost more than having it at a hotel or other wedding venue. If you are looking for a neat location and little effort, unfortunately, this is not the place.

I wish you the best of luck in your wedding planning! What an exciting time in your life! Good luck!

Allyson

P.S. If you are having a smaller wedding look into the Champion Room at the Budweiser Event Center. The room has a breathtaking view of the front range, as well as the airport and the staff are so helpful and friendly. We tried to have our rehearsal dinner there but there was a scheduling conflict with the hockey team.